Describe an occasion when you could not pay for something you wanted.
You should say:
- what you wanted to pay for
- why you weren’t able to pay
- what you did
and explain how you felt about the situation.
[You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make some notes to help you if you wish.]
Model Answer 1:
I had always wanted to buy a motorbike in the past, but I couldn’t really progress with the idea mainly because I just didn’t manage to save enough money for the purpose. But, one day, the situation changed, and I decide to buy my dream bike.
I searched a lot of markets and motorbike stores to choose my dream motorbike, but the problem was there were just so many different models with so many different features and options that I was really struggling to decide whether I wanted to buy a sports bike, a standard motorbike, a cruiser or a naked motorbike.
Anyway, after spending many hours at different motorbike stores, I did finally find what met my requirements. I even liked the price. So, I just told the store owner that I would come back the next afternoon in order to pick the bike as it was on discount. So far so good! But, when I did go back the next day with enough cash to pay for the motorbike, I found out that there was no discount on the bike anymore, and as a result, I needed to pay a significantly-extra amount of money which I just didn’t have with me at that moment. However, after that, I suggested the store manager if I could pay them some money in advance and bring rest of the money after a week in order to buy the bike, I really liked, but it my astonishment, the store manager disagreed and told me that his hands were tied!
Well, anyway, I felt really disappointed, to say the least, with what happened to me at the motorbike store mainly because it was a bit embarrassing for me. I also felt a bit annoyed at the store manager as he never told me about the possible price change should I had failed to buy the bike on the same day. Besides, I also got very frustrated as I travelled a significant distance and spent a lot of time to travel to the store, of course, only to find out that I couldn’t buy my bike on that day.
Model Answer 2:
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